Improvement in bee-hiyes



J. HEACOCK.

Bee Hive.

N0. 65.381. Patented June 4, 1867.

CED

JOEL HEACGK, OF MARLBORO, OHIO.

Letters Patent No. 65,381, dated Junc- 4, 1867` IMPROVEMENT IN BElHvES.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONOERN:

Bc it known that l, JOEL HEACOCK, of Marlboro, in the county of Stark, and State of Ohio, have invented a new and improved lloc-Hive; and I do hereby declare that the following` is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a vertical central section of my invention taken in the line o: at, fig. 2.

Figure Q, a side View of the same partly in section.

Figure 3, a horizontal section of the saine taken in the linie 1/ y, iig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

rllhis invention relates to a new and improved bee-hive, and it consists in anovel arrangement of the combframes, anadjustablc slide to regulate the capacity'of the bee entrance, as hereinafter fully shown and described, whereby it is believed that advantages are obtained over the ordinary hives in use, as will be hereinafter set forth.

, A represents the hive, which may be constructed in the usual rectangular form, and B is the cap placed on A in the ordinary' manuel', and enclosingjthe spare-honey box G, which is directly over the hive a space being allowed all around the honcyboxl O. D represents the coinb-fia1nes,tl1c upper ends of which have metal rods a projecting from them, and these rods rest upon shoulders I) on the upper part of the hive A, said shoul ders being formed by robating the upper edge of the hive, as shown clearly in l. The lower bars c ot' the comb-frames have rods CZ attached to them, two to one side, and these rods lit in holes or grooves e in the side of the bars c, the two rods d of the lower bar c of one comb-frame littinfr in the holes or grooves c of the lower bar c of the adjoining,l comb-frame, as will be understood by referring to tig. 3. These rods d, itwill be seen, keep the comb-frames in proper posit-ion and at the saine distance apart oven when the hive is moved, tilted, or carried about, and the rods d on which the comb-frames are suspended, in consequence of being of metal, and small in diameter, do not afford any harbor for the bee-moth, nor can the becs glue or cement them fast with wax. The comb-frames therefore may be readily detached or removed when necessary. E represents a slide, composed of a sheet-metal strip, bent in rpnidrangular form so as to fit the interior of the lower part of the hive A. '.lhis slide is itted within guides cb', attached to the inner sido of the hive, the guides admitting of the slide being freely raised and lowered, und by means ot' friction retainingit at any desired point. The betteln ot' the hive is provided with feet f, the hive boing placed on any suitable stand or support, und it will he seen that by adjustingr the slide E, the space underneath the hive, caused or allowed by the feotj", may be regulated in capacit-yA as desired, und entirely closed when necessary', or only small bee entrances g allowed by having notches made in tho lower edge of the slide. This slide E does not afford a harbor for the bee-moth, as, beine of sheet metal, it is quite thin, and no space is allowed underneath it for the protection of the worm when hatched Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

',lhe quudrangular sheet-metal slide ll, fitting into the lower part of the hive A, and sliding'hetneen guides eX, itsbottom edges resting upon a stand or table between the feetjiand provided with the entrance y, substan tially as described for the purpose specified.

JOEL HEACOCK.

Witnesses:

S. L. Pourcel", E. A. Wumn'r. 

